Tue 14 April 2026: The IEA’s oil ‘demand destruction’ report comes after its chief said unnamed countries are hoarding stocks. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has sharply cut its forecasts for global oil supply and demand growth, saying both are expected to fall from last year’s levels as the United States-Israel war on Iran disrupts […]
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Mon 13 April 2026: Pope Leo XIV has said he is “not afraid” of the administration of Donald Trump and vowed to “speak out loudly” after the US president criticized him as “weak” following his remarks on the US and Israel’s war against Iran. According to a report by ANSA, the pontiff talked to reporters […]
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Mon 13 April 2026: Leo, who last year became the first US-born pope, has emerged as an outspoken critic of the US-Israeli war on Iran. United States President Donald Trump has unleashed a storm of criticism at Pope Leo XIV, calling him “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy”. Trump delivered the unusual criticism […]
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Sat 11 April 2026: US intelligence suggests China may supply Iran with new air defense systems in the coming weeks, even as a delicate ceasefire with Washington remains in place, CNN reported on Saturday citing sources familiar with recent assessments. The report claimed that Iran may be taking advantage of the ceasefire to restock certain […]
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Sat 11 April 2026: 2-week ceasefire calms markets for now but backlog of ships in Strait of Hormuz continue to bottleneck global supply chains, while shipping industry moves to security-focused model, leading to massive freight, insurance costs, expert says The structural damage on global supply chains threatens to fuel inflation worldwide for years to come, […]
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Fri 10 April 2026: European airports could face jet fuel shortages within three weeks if trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz are not fully restored, according to a Financial Times report published on Friday. The Financial Times, citing a letter from Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) to European Commission officials, reported that the […]
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Fri 10 April 2026: Iran targeted seven Arab countries, most of them in the Gulf, with at least 6,413 missiles and drones, in addition to an attack involving two fighter jets, over the past 41 days, including the first and second days of a Washington-Tehran ceasefire, according to an Anadolu tally. The attacks continued through […]
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Fri 10 April 2026: Saudi Arabia said on Thursday that the attacks carried out in recent weeks by Iran against the kingdom’s energy infrastructure killed one person and impacted its oil production capacity. The attacks have targeted “infrastructure for oil and gas production, transport and refining, as well as petrochemical plants and power facilities in Riyadh, […]
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Fri 10 April 2026: We’ve all done it. You scroll past a 30-second video claiming a simple home remedy cures anxiety, or a “citizen expert” on social media declares that a new government policy is a conspiracy. It feels right. It matches what you already suspected. You like it, share it, and suddenly it’s in […]
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Thu 09 April 2026: In early March, a week after the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the White House posted a video of real American attacks mixed with clips from popular movies, television series, video games and anime. Iran and its sympathisers responded to the strikes by flooding social media with outdated war footage allegedly from the current conflict […]
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